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bush and he's on the record as saying that in ninety nine george w. bush told him that when his father invaded iraq he failed because he didn't extend the war long enough if he'd extended it into the next election cycle he would have won and that if george w. bush became president he wasn't going to have a failed presidency like his father he was going to have a war in iraq against saddam hussein it was going to get enough political capital that not only would he get reelected but that he could privatizing. security and that's actually the sequence of events that he followed for years after mickey herskowitz came out with this minus the great support over the iraq war well he thought i don't know if you recall in two thousand and five right after he was an r. rated he came out he said i got political capital i want to spend it let's privatized so security and that kind of but you know so is it possible that both stories are right that that one was personal one was institutional the both are wrong i mean i think there's something much bigger i think th
bush and he's on the record as saying that in ninety nine george w. bush told him that when his father invaded iraq he failed because he didn't extend the war long enough if he'd extended it into the next election cycle he would have won and that if george w. bush became president he wasn't going to have a failed presidency like his father he was going to have a war in iraq against saddam hussein it was going to get enough political capital that not only would he get reelected but that he could...
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and get a ld o this, george w. bush attends a key note conference in the cayman islands. you can't be serious. this is not an onion headline? it's not a joke? orusit b conference speaker in the cayman islands the week before the election, the week before the famous cayman runs for office? no. this is t an onion article but theshnelash cenly seems like one. bush as the doors as an elevator closes on him but whais not funny that romney wants to returno the same failed bush policies, the same wrong economic tieus w mind america about that one week before the election when he visits mr. romney's money in the caymans. joining me now, wayne slater, senior political reporter from the dallas morning news. wayne, thank you for cin on th shoght. >>at to be with you, reverend. >> bush heading to the cayman, what do you think of mi romy saidhen ead out is ni >> it doesn't sound like an onion headline, you wonder what is next, hauling your dog on the top of your car. this isomething that romney and his people do not want voters to be reminded of, that has millions of dollars through t
and get a ld o this, george w. bush attends a key note conference in the cayman islands. you can't be serious. this is not an onion headline? it's not a joke? orusit b conference speaker in the cayman islands the week before the election, the week before the famous cayman runs for office? no. this is t an onion article but theshnelash cenly seems like one. bush as the doors as an elevator closes on him but whais not funny that romney wants to returno the same failed bush policies, the same...
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bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be there in person. his stamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy "he was a nice guy" video, substantively, george w. bush's foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently it is the foreign policy of the republican party's presidential nominee this year. mr. bush's brother, jeb, front paged his convention speech with a well-received defense/celebration of george w. bush foreign policy. >> my granddad, my grandfather and my father have been incredible role models for me and served our country honorably. and my brother,
bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be...
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and mitt romney doesn't want george w. bush anywhere near him. but going to the cayman islands to talk investments wasn't what he had in mind. the story of the day coming up. >>> all that, plus samuel l. jackson is reaching out to voters with an ad you'll want to see. this is "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> mitt romney a week ago they were ready to count the guy out and now he's bounced back and he's on a bus tour in ohio. he's been working very hard kissing babies and freeloaders. babies and freeloaders. facebook yet? the "politicsnation" conversation is going all day long. and today our fans had a lot to say about the romney harvesting comment. kalar says, he's never been a job creator. he's a profit harvester. our facebook family was happy about the voting in eye yeah. anthony says, go iowa. let's get this election going. we have a lot more on that first swing state to vote a little later in the program. we want to hear what you think, too. head over to facebook and search poins and like us "politicsnati and like us to keep the conversation goin
and mitt romney doesn't want george w. bush anywhere near him. but going to the cayman islands to talk investments wasn't what he had in mind. the story of the day coming up. >>> all that, plus samuel l. jackson is reaching out to voters with an ad you'll want to see. this is "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> mitt romney a week ago they were ready to count the guy out and now he's bounced back and he's on a bus tour in ohio. he's been working very hard kissing babies and...
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look, george w. bush in 2008 and 2004 had low points in his campaign. there were times where he was not faring as well in the polls as he ultimately would. what happened then, though, is that you had conservatives who held their tongue. and why did that happen? because george w. bush had a measure of goodwill with the conservative base of the party that mitt romney does not have. and that's the problem romney has right now. he comes out of labor day, a couple of bad polls, bad buzz, and you have some conservatives spouting off because they don't have relationships, they don't have trust with romney in the way they did with george w. bush back in 2000, 2004. >> and they were still supporting his war by then. it was only a year later. anyway, the new cnn poll makes this point. it has president obama leading mitt romney by six points along likely voters but the interesting numbers show up when pollsters asked voters whether the vote was for the candidate or simply against the other. these are great numbers. among obama supporters, 74% say their vote is mor
look, george w. bush in 2008 and 2004 had low points in his campaign. there were times where he was not faring as well in the polls as he ultimately would. what happened then, though, is that you had conservatives who held their tongue. and why did that happen? because george w. bush had a measure of goodwill with the conservative base of the party that mitt romney does not have. and that's the problem romney has right now. he comes out of labor day, a couple of bad polls, bad buzz, and you...
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>> well, my former boss, george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they are trying to hide bush and stay off the scene because he's so unpopular, but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess, oh obama, all the troubles he's had, this man has been in office for three-and-a-half years. i'm tired of listening to the whining from the left and saying poor obama as opposed to he's had a stimulus bill, he's had a jobs bill, they haven't set the country back on course. so let's put the blame where it needs to be at the president's feet for his failed policies as opposed to looking back and blaming george w. bush. >> let's look at this. the republicans and democrats had precious time on broadcast networks. on the final night of both conventions, here's what the parties presented. at 10:02 vice president joe biden was in a full lath, he often is. let's listen. >> america is not in decline. i've goo
>> well, my former boss, george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they are trying to hide bush and stay off the scene because he's so unpopular, but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess, oh obama, all the troubles he's had, this man has been in office for three-and-a-half years. i'm tired of listening to the whining...
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were those attacks because george w. bush didn't have resolve? when there were terrorist attacks during, say, the reagan administration, say, the horrible beirut bombing in 1983, was that a reflection of a lack of resolve on the part of president reagan? under the romney campaign's new argument for understanding international unrest, presidents reagan and bush lacked resolve. president obama similarly lacks resolve. and the country's only hope for security lies in the unprecedented toughness and scary awesomeness of an unpopular former one-term governor of massachusetts, under whom there won't be any more anti-american unrest. i do not think that's an argument the romney campaign wants to have but it is the argument they are making in public. to reporters who are writing down what they say. and then after that, as a country, we get to vote. joining us now is eugene robinson, pulitzer prize womening columnist winning columnist for the "washington post." >> rachel, great to be here tonight. >> isn't this a weird variant on blaming the victim but on
were those attacks because george w. bush didn't have resolve? when there were terrorist attacks during, say, the reagan administration, say, the horrible beirut bombing in 1983, was that a reflection of a lack of resolve on the part of president reagan? under the romney campaign's new argument for understanding international unrest, presidents reagan and bush lacked resolve. president obama similarly lacks resolve. and the country's only hope for security lies in the unprecedented toughness...
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what george w. bush did there is presidential. what barack obama did on election night when he acknowledged the fact about half the country didn't vote for him, that he was going to try everything in his power as president of the united states to win them over, to ensure that he would be able to govern the country, you know, as one. and here you have the republican presidential nominee who very -- unnervingly comfortable talking about the 47% in such an undignified sarcastic -- not sarcastic -- condescending way. just writing them off completely. he didn't have the decency to say i'm not talking about all 47%, but maybe some of them. he didn't do that. but what he said in that one clip was unpresidential and how he can think he win over enough people to become president of the united states is beyond me. >> i want to play another yet unplayed on this show, and i think unheard by most people, clip of the secret romney tape. and it's about this basic notion of being your brother's keeper. and it would be easy to make too much of thi
what george w. bush did there is presidential. what barack obama did on election night when he acknowledged the fact about half the country didn't vote for him, that he was going to try everything in his power as president of the united states to win them over, to ensure that he would be able to govern the country, you know, as one. and here you have the republican presidential nominee who very -- unnervingly comfortable talking about the 47% in such an undignified sarcastic -- not sarcastic --...
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they will forget about george w. bush. and that is what they have done. they have followed a game plan of obstruction. and yes, that may hurt the president, but how does it help the country? how does it help america? and what this president has done about putting this country above politics and putting the country back to work -- we will see when we get back whether the republicans will take or even extend the courtesy that would be extended to any president. i know how we work -- even though we disagreed with george w. bush, we work with the president. we did not deny him putting forth any piece of legislation. we may have voted against it, but we put it forward. in this congress, in this house of representatives, they will not even extend the courtesy of putting a jobs bill that creates 2 million jobs, by independent sources, from going forward. why? because they would rather see obama fail then the nation succeed. >> just about 30 seconds. >> real quick on the jobs report -- worse than expected, and also the reason the percentage came down was because
they will forget about george w. bush. and that is what they have done. they have followed a game plan of obstruction. and yes, that may hurt the president, but how does it help the country? how does it help america? and what this president has done about putting this country above politics and putting the country back to work -- we will see when we get back whether the republicans will take or even extend the courtesy that would be extended to any president. i know how we work -- even though...
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well there is a reason mark president george w. bush was not part of the republican convention and there's a reason why it would be very proud of president clinton we can liberate key address tomorrow. we are very much want to move this country forward and it's clear that what republicans principle object would be is to for the middle class give tax breaks to the very wealthy and that clearly was part of the field policies of. president bush's of these two. and the republicans didn't want that this year to get. absolute get that to what extent do you think that the democrats should be emphasizing in their convention. their vision for the future and the direction that they want to go versus calling out the republicans on either aid some of the untruths and lies that not only were dished out at the party at the convention but they're doing daily and in television advertising or be just what the republicans policies are you know medicare for example i can think of i quite frankly think the credibility public it's pretty much what some
well there is a reason mark president george w. bush was not part of the republican convention and there's a reason why it would be very proud of president clinton we can liberate key address tomorrow. we are very much want to move this country forward and it's clear that what republicans principle object would be is to for the middle class give tax breaks to the very wealthy and that clearly was part of the field policies of. president bush's of these two. and the republicans didn't want that...
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george bush was long gone. that's the first george bush. and george w. bush's election. there is a lot of talk about october surprises. it is very rarely a reality in presidential elections. i know of none. this election, it's going to take a dramatic change in the basic dynamic of the election for running to win. i understand why people are trying to get it back. i want to make one more point. this is a classic case of what is called the fault of war. initially, after any kind of military conduct, attack whatsoever, there is an enormous amount of confusion. barack obama is winning on terrorism and he has launched 270 drone attacks against pakistan versus 40 for george w. bush, 47, excuse me, for george bush. he has a very strong numbers on terrorism and will not lose on this issue. >> i will go back to you in a second, but my question is there is confusion when something like this happens, but that was not the message that we received after these murders. they didn't say we were confused. they can say we were still sorting the information and we don't want to get out ah
george bush was long gone. that's the first george bush. and george w. bush's election. there is a lot of talk about october surprises. it is very rarely a reality in presidential elections. i know of none. this election, it's going to take a dramatic change in the basic dynamic of the election for running to win. i understand why people are trying to get it back. i want to make one more point. this is a classic case of what is called the fault of war. initially, after any kind of military...
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we nominated george w. bush in 2000. we had world war ii veterans until 2000. and you're seeing that here. you're seeing all of these young, smart attractive articulate people who are pushing guys like me out. and i don't mean throwing me out. i mean succeeding. and chris christie. susanna martinez, ryan sandoval. ricky hailey. >> in the course of that transition, does it have real appeal in the middle of the electorate? >> the answer is clearly yes. and particularly in this election. because in the middle of the electorate, thanks to the obama administration, has been a failure. >> the first night of this convention was in part reaching out to women. reaching suburban women and if you listen to ann romney, it was reaching out to moms and suburban women. describe in the way you thought she sma mai have reshaped this dialogue and even the perception for the party? >> well i think she makes a big difference with women because women know one thing -- there's nobody that knows as much about a man as his wife. and if you want to look down into somebody's heart and s
we nominated george w. bush in 2000. we had world war ii veterans until 2000. and you're seeing that here. you're seeing all of these young, smart attractive articulate people who are pushing guys like me out. and i don't mean throwing me out. i mean succeeding. and chris christie. susanna martinez, ryan sandoval. ricky hailey. >> in the course of that transition, does it have real appeal in the middle of the electorate? >> the answer is clearly yes. and particularly in this...
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i asked about the advice george w. bush was getting from some of his father's old team. why do the bushies, older bushies tend to be anti-war and maybe more pro arab, is that it? >> etc. not that. they came from an east coast foreign policy establishment that believed in the chess game. the more southern southwestern, more conservative, more religiously influenced conservative republicans, believe in morality. and democracy. >> why -- and assert american power. but they don't want to dot cleanup job afterward. -- do the cleanup job afterward. >> that's not true. >> it's true. they talked about nation building and don't want to do that and spread resources. >> that was the old bush in the election and it's clear he's becoming a nation builder. they are spending so much time in the white house thinking about the post-war iraq, that's what they're thinking about. chris: chris: the prime example and still dealing with the same issues 10 years later. while to celebrate our 10 years on next week's show, chime in. we're going to play our top 10 political showdowns in your face
i asked about the advice george w. bush was getting from some of his father's old team. why do the bushies, older bushies tend to be anti-war and maybe more pro arab, is that it? >> etc. not that. they came from an east coast foreign policy establishment that believed in the chess game. the more southern southwestern, more conservative, more religiously influenced conservative republicans, believe in morality. and democracy. >> why -- and assert american power. but they don't want...
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are unemployed and most of the national security policies cemented by george w. bush continue unabated or have been expanded the code of fixation of what we're illicit abuses under bush imprisonment without trial spying without warrants we've now replaced imprisonment and torture largely with assassination which is actually not a moral improvement under obama's leadership guantanamo bay remains open the patriot act has been renewed warrantless wiretapping extended but cia black sites have closed targeted killings have been justified drone strikes publicly acknowledged military commissions codified however enhanced interrogation like waterboarding has been banned critics say obama has not only double down on bush's policies he's also raised the stakes signing the national defense authorization act made him the first us president to assert the right to assassinate anyone anywhere without any legal sanction if there is a war cries out there we can the war crimes iraq. tops the list this made many of those who voted for him hoping for change left disillusioned in fac
are unemployed and most of the national security policies cemented by george w. bush continue unabated or have been expanded the code of fixation of what we're illicit abuses under bush imprisonment without trial spying without warrants we've now replaced imprisonment and torture largely with assassination which is actually not a moral improvement under obama's leadership guantanamo bay remains open the patriot act has been renewed warrantless wiretapping extended but cia black sites have...
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he came to cairo in june of 2009 and says, hi, i'm barack obama, i'm not george w. bush. we're going to have a nice conversation, i speak, you know, your language or wish i did, i grew up in indonesia, i have muslim relatives so therefore his analysis of the problem with the bush administration, essentially george w. bush gave america a big bad pr problem, that barack obama himself could solve. and the lesson four years later after, after all of this time of barack obama's healing glow over the muslim world is that we're every bit of detested as before, but considerably less feared. >> he has essentially lowered our profile, specifically, and consciously, it was to pull back and lower the u.s. profile in these areas of the world. what has happened you've in effect created a vacuum in all of the areas and they're all exploding. the middle east, the south china sea, africa. the pulling back has allowed people, the bad actors to step forward and fill the vacuum with what we're seeing on television right now. >> it's also, look at iraq and also reduced our leverage on players
he came to cairo in june of 2009 and says, hi, i'm barack obama, i'm not george w. bush. we're going to have a nice conversation, i speak, you know, your language or wish i did, i grew up in indonesia, i have muslim relatives so therefore his analysis of the problem with the bush administration, essentially george w. bush gave america a big bad pr problem, that barack obama himself could solve. and the lesson four years later after, after all of this time of barack obama's healing glow over the...
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w. bush but take a look at this picture and we're going to put the picture. oh it's full. this is the last vehicle off the janesville assembly line and it's been donated to the. in the cube ok i can see it donated to the united way of north rock county december twenty third two thousand and eight this was a plant that was closed during the presidency of george w. bush why is paul ryan talking about this it's an absolute joke because listen presidents do not create jobs ok governments do not create job i thought this is why is the guy running for vice president up their line about you know i don't think he was lying at all he probably thought he was in line here he what he really think that all those republicans in that audience thought that he was condemning going to push no i don't think at all ever said that but he presented two facts he said barack obama he came here he stood here and he said this plan going to close down if i'm elected it will be here for one hundred years from now a
w. bush but take a look at this picture and we're going to put the picture. oh it's full. this is the last vehicle off the janesville assembly line and it's been donated to the. in the cube ok i can see it donated to the united way of north rock county december twenty third two thousand and eight this was a plant that was closed during the presidency of george w. bush why is paul ryan talking about this it's an absolute joke because listen presidents do not create jobs ok governments do not...